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FTC challenges Meta acquisition of VR company in court

Federal regulators open their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural, with opening arguments beginning Thursday in San Jose, California

The Independent UK

WhatsApp brings in new avatar feature for its 2billion users starting today

WhatsApp is making a huge change it its app today as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that it will finally start rolling out 3D avatars that can be personalised

Daily Mirror

First Thing: Democrats celebrate as Raphael Warnock wins Georgia runoff

Republican Herschel Walker concedes as Warnock celebrates bolstering the Democratic party’s Senate majority

The Guardian - UK

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Commentary: What Sam Bankman-Fried’s grungy T-shirt reveals about genius and gender

Is slovenliness an index of genius? This is one of the questions raised by the downfall of “crypto wunderkind” Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, as he is known.

Los Angeles Times

‘The metaverse will be our slow death!’ Is Facebook losing its $100bn gamble on virtual reality?

The company now known as Meta has spent staggering amounts on creating an immersive successor to the traditional 2D internet. But what has it got to show for it, apart from 11,000 job losses?

The Guardian - UK

Meta had a system to protect celebrity Facebook and Instagram accounts from moderation

An independent review found Meta's "cross-check" program to have protected celebrity figures from moderation protocols.

Fortune

Meta bans staff from discussing 'very disruptive' topics including abortion, gun rights and vaccines in new 'community engagement expectations'

“We’ll no longer allow for every type of expression at work, but we think this is the right thing to do for the long-term health of our internal community.”

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Companies are pouring millions into the metaverse workplace. Here's what you should know before joining them

There’s a place for the metaverse in return-to-office plans. Just don’t expect it to solve real-world workplace issues like harassment, racism, and sexism.

Fortune

The metaverse offers challenges and possibilities for the future of the retail industry

In 1968, American computer scientist Ivan Sutherland predicted the future of augmented and virtual reality with his concept of the “Ultimate Display. The Ultimate Display relied on the kinetic depth effect to create two dimensional images that moved with its users, giving the illusion of a three-dimensional display.

The Conversation

Denounced by Adidas and kicked off Twitter twice: A timeline of Kanye West’s anti-Semitic outbursts that have cost him millions

“I tried my best,” Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday. “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

Fortune

Zuckerberg skeptical of skeptics, $1 billion in NFT creator royalties, and real-life metaverse clothing from Forever 21

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said he doesn't care what people say about his metaverse, plus news on OpenSea's $1 billion creator royalty program and real-life metaverse clothing.

Fortune

3 takeaways on SBF, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Fink from DealBook’s buzzy Summit

The former FTX CEO took the lawyerly route, while the Meta chief blasted Apple and the BlackRock leader forecasted change in tech.

Fortune

The gods of Silicon Valley are falling to earth. So are their warped visions for society

Tech titans like Elon Musk and Sam Bankman-Fried have been feted for their wealth, but see the world in ways that also merit scrutiny , says Moya Lothian McLean

The Guardian - UK

End of an era? Get to know the big bosses quietly reshaping how tech does business...

With Elon mayhem at Twitter and mass firings at Meta, Silicon Valley is in chaos. Meanwhile, some low-key kingpins are quietly reshaping how tech does business (and you’ve probably never heard of them). Kate Wills reports

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Bangkok Post

Facebook fails independent journalists

On Jan 29, 2018, the prominent Berlin-based Azerbaijani news site Meydan TV had its Facebook page hacked for the first time. The attackers removed all admin accounts, deleted all content, and removed nearly 100,000 followers.

Fortune

Meta pushes back on ‘false’ report that Zuckerberg is planning to step down as CEO

The Leak, citing an anonymous source, claimed that Zuckerberg would depart in 2023 because of the company’s recent losses.

The Times of India

New Twitter chief Elon Musk loses over $100 billion wealth in a year

NEW DELHI: World's richest man and the new boss of social media platform Twitter Elon Musk has lost over $100 billion in net worth and is the top most loser in term of wealth in the last 1 year.

Bangkok Post

The Myth of Tech God Is Crumbling

Tech is full of smart people who build, run and invest in successful companies that have produced a tremendous amount of innovation. But the industry's recent spate of failures and reversals has made one thing clear: Many of its leaders aren't as smart as they thought they were.

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The Guardian - UK

How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa review – tales of a moral giant

With this important memoir cum manifesto, the Nobel peace prize-winning journalist who took on Facebook and the murderous Duterte regime in the Philippines exposes the abuse of power

The Guardian - UK

Blazers out, Birkenstocks in: how smart casual work ‘uniforms’ can free up brain power

From Steve Jobs’s turtlenecks and sandals to Hillary Clinton’s coloured suits, those in the public eye often adopt a simple signature look

Fortune

'Allow people to leave the company with dignity': How Airbnb CEO's job cuts stand in stark contrast to Meta and Twitter

As tech layoffs continue, companies might learn some lessons from Airbnb—one of the first to cut jobs in the pandemic era.

Businessweek

Meta Confronts an Apple-Sized Hole in Its Once-Mighty Advertising Business

The social media company must deal with a range of headwinds, but a year later, the hit to its ad targeting capabilities has been particularly painful.

Evening Standard

Tech’s tectonic plates are shifting — will Twitter, Meta and the other giants survive?

Amid job losses and tumbling share prices, all the platforms once thought too big to fail are now fighting to stay relevant. From Twitter to Meta, change is afoot, says John Arlidge

WEKU

It's the end of the boom times in tech, as layoffs keep mounting

Amazon will reportedly lay off 10,000 employees as soon as this week. That follows job cuts at Meta, Twitter, and Stripe, with CEOs citing economic uncertainty and a slowdown in online ad buying.

Tribune News Service

Billionaires gone wild: Musk, Zuckerberg slash jobs, roll dice with future of Bay Area tech icons

As Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg lay off thousands of workers in pursuit of their personal visions for the future of the internet, the fate of Twitter and Facebook rests in the hands of these two billionaires, experts say — and the outcome for the two iconic Bay Area technology…

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